Identifier: imperialcourtso00bidw (find matches)
Title: Imperial courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, and Austria. Richly illustrated with portraits of imperial sovereigns and their cabinet ministers' with biographical sketches
Year: 1863 (1860s)
Authors: Bidwell, W.H. (Walter Hilliard), 1798-1881
Subjects: Courts and courtiers Statesmen
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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state surplice werewaiting at the gates, and as the Emperor and Empresscame up, to sprinkle them with holy water, and give themthe cross to kiss. On entering, the Czar and Czarinakiss the holy relics, and kneel down to pray before thetombs of their ancestors; after which the D&nihie salvimi facis chanted, and the Emperor and Empress continue theirshort march for a few yards to the Church of the Annun-ciation, where the same ritual is observed. On their way, the cheers, the music, the bells, the can-non never cease. It is just one oclock as the proces-sion l)ogins to ascend the perron rouge. The enthusiasm isboundless as his Majesty turns, and with outraised armseems to return the blessings of his people. He bows toall around as he reaches the landing, and, standing forthfrom under the dais, looks down upon the scene below.In a few moments more he turns, and is lost to sight inthe interior of the magnificent palace, through the wallsof which, however, those sounds must follow him.
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D) (PJ (L (U COUNT OELOFF. Orloff is the name of a family remarkable in Russianhistory. Its founder was a certain Ivan, Orel, or Eagle,who in the reign of Peter the Great was a private soldieramong the Strelitzes, or Archers, who foniied a body inthe Russian, analogous to the Janissaries in the Turkish,empire. At the time their destruction was accomplished,Peter the Great employed himself in beheading many ofthem with his own hand on a long beam of wood, whichserved as a block for several at a time. It is a currentstory in Russia that Ivan was one of those doomed todeath, and that, on being called on to kneel down to re-ceive the blow, he kicked away a head which was stillremaining on the beam, with the observation, If this ismy place it ought to be clear. Struck with his coolness,Peter spared the intended victims life, and placed him ina regiment of the line, where by his bravery he won liisway to the rank of officer, which brought with it that ofnoble. His son, Gregory Ivanovich, ro

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